#49B0DC#49B0DC

#49B0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0DC
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 20%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -16.12, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 34.86, 242.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0736 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.114 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1861, 37.6311, 73.3162)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0DC #DC7549

analogous

#49DCBE #49B0DC #4967DC

triadic

#49B0DC #DC49B0 #B0DC49

tetradic

#49B0DC #BE49DC #DC7549 #67DC49

square

#49B0DC #BE49DC #DC7549 #67DC49

split-complementary

#49B0DC #DC4967 #DCBE49

monochromatic

#1C6C8F #2593C2 #49B0DC #7CC6E6 #B0DDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#49B0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0DC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0DC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e7',
    500: '#49b0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0dc;
$custom-light: #8cc7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.959,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71513,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0DC

secondary

#DEB4A3

accent

#713DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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